massive open online courses (moocs)

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) By MADIOPE JM..201209776

22 FEBRUARY 2014

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What is a MOOC How to use Massive Open Online Courses The history of MOOCs Types of MOOCs MOOC I am actually going to do in this module

What is a MOOC

Is the Web-based distance learning or online-based learning, and it does not have limitation in terms of participants.

In Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) there is creativity and the openness and it allow the participants to share readings, videos and activities.

THE DISCUSSION IS OCCURING BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE STAYING FAR FROM EACH OTHER.ANYONE CAN JOIN MOOC SINCE IT DOESN’T HAVE THE LIMITATIONS IN RESPECT OF WHETHER THE PERSON HAVE DEGREE OR HAVE PASSED GRADE 12

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• Everyone can reach his/her goal online• MOOCs came when the knowledge rich

network.

How to use Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Since MOOCs does not have curriculum, it can be a self-directed.

It does not limit the number of participants The number of teachers or instructors can also

participate because the main aim is to gain knowledge or to attain the certain goal.

MOOCs can also be created by students discussing the certain content or the chapter of the subject in order to improve their learning

History of MOOCs

• MOOC is within networks that learning can generate quite interesting experiences. This leads us to the raise of MOOCs. The first MOOC was launched in 2008. It was called ‘Connectivism and Connective Knowledge/2008’ (CCK8), created by educators Stephen Downes and George Siemens. Building off a for-credit course at the University of Manitoba, Canada, this was the first class designed behind the acronym of ‘MOOC’ and used many different platforms to engage students with the topic, including Facebook groups, Wiki pages, blogs, forums and other resources.

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• Around 2,200 people signed up for CCK08, and 170 of them created their own blogs. The course was free and open, which meant that anyone could join, modify or remix the content without paying (although a paid, certified option was offered).

Types of MOOCs

Types of MOOCs

• xMOOC. Is the type of the learning where by the learners share the ideas and there is only one instructor on the discussion

• cMOOC. Hear the learners control their own learning, and they create their own goal. The learners are not assessed or tested weather they have met the outcomes that they where aiming at.

MOOCs I am actually going to do in this module

Since I am the teacher of English and I enjoy it, I can design my own MOOC. In that MOOC I will discuss the English aspects such as essay writing and how to analyze the literature with my learners. The type of MOOC that I mostly prefer is xMOOC because I will be the instructor in that online discussion. After every discussion I will give the learners the assessment to reflect on weather we have reach the outcomes we have intended for.

http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/online-learning/moocs/moocs

http://www.moocs.co/

http://reflectionsandcontemplations.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/what-is-a-mooc-what-are-the-different-types-of-mooc-xmoocs-and-cmoocs/

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